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Eclipse of 174 AD, Reign of Marcus Aurelius and son Commodus

This eclipse would have been seen in Antioch. In April of 175, Cassius Governor of Syria declared himself emperor. He was organizing a...

Kingdom of Edessa. King Abgar VIII, 177-192 AD

Edessa( modern day Turkey) was an independent kingdom between the Roman and Parthian Empires. Edessa supported the Parthians on numerous...

Commodus, Carrhae mint, Eclipse of 174 AD

This coin may have been minted to the eclpise of 174 AD in which the rebellion against Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus was stopped....

Diva Faustina the Younger, Rome Mint 176 AD, Eclipse of 174 AD

This coin was minted in Rome in 176 AD. It was minted to commemorate the death of Faustina the Younger who was the wife of Marcus...

Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus 161-169 AD, Carrhae mint, Eclipse of 164 AD

This coin was minted by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus in Carrhae. It likey represents the eclipse of 164 AD. Photo from Ancient Imports

Lucius Verus 161-169 AD Carrhae mint, Eclipse of 164 AD

The battle of Ctesiphon in modern day Iraq occured in 164 AD. It was the capital of a revitalized Parthian Empire and was sacked by the...

Antioch ram coin reissue under Antoninus Pius reign from 138-161 AD

Antoninus Pius continued the same coin with the ram or Judea looking back at the eclipse sign. This coin may be in remberance of the...

Annular eclipse over Petra 164 AD

How to predict a solar eclipse to the population must have been top secret information. Predicting an eclipse would have been very...

Antoninus Pius, Petra Mint, Reign 138-161 AD, Eclipse of 164 AD prediction

This coin may be the first Roman coin to predict an eclipse. It was minted in the reign of Antoninus Pius who died March 7 161 AD. The...

Diva Faustina, As, Rome Mint, Eclipse of 143 AD

Faustina the Elder was the wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius. Upon her death in 140 AD her status was raised to Diva Faustina, i.e. Goddess....

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This project shows the meaning of the star within the crescent on Roman coins is likely symbolic for a solar eclipse. The star is a planet to the ancients and the crescent is the sun. The ram is an astrologic symbol for ancient Judea or the lands from Antioch to Egypt.

Please see the below link to, " The Evidence for Aries the Ram as the Astrological Sign of Judea, " by Michael R. Molnar

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Clearly one sees a planetary body moving over the sun in this photo. This is the Antioch ram coin issued from Nero in 55-56 AD. From the T. Cartwright collection

Eclipse diagrams are taken from the NASA Website, "Canon of Solar Eclipses"

Acknowlegements, Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC